MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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